Business owner guilty of taking stolen property

Man ordered to spend 30 days in the Fairfield County Jail

7:38 AM,
Apr. 17, 2013

Written by

Francesca Sacco
The Eagle-Gazette Staff

A Lancaster business owner was sentenced Monday to 30 days in the Fairfield County Jail and three years of community control after he was found guilty of receiving stolen property, a fifth-degree felony.

Todd Sherfey, 42, who owns Sherfey's Precious Metals, 704 E. Main St., bought T.J. Maxx gift cards worth more than $1,000, according to a news release from the Fairfield County Prosecutor's office.

Evidence was presented that showed a ring of shoplifters repeatedly stole items from T.J. Maxx and other stores in late 2011, which were returned for gift cards. ...